This board game name generator titles a tabletop game you are making. Each result joins a made-up title to a real kind of game, from worker placement to trick-taking, and a number of players.
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Name a board game or a card game
Press New game name. Under Kind, choose Board game or Card game to keep to those kinds: this is a card game name generator too. Tap the title, the kind or the players to lock that part, then press again to change the rest.
What the kinds mean
Each kind is a real game mechanic or family of games, explained in the list below. In a worker placement game, players take actions by placing worker tokens on spaces of the board. In a shedding card game, the first player to discard every card wins.
Four shapes of title
The titles come in four shapes: a place, two things joined by and, a job, and one coined word.
Tips
Lock the kind of game you are designing, then press until a title suits it.
Questions and answers
What makes a good board game name?
On this page a title keeps to one of four shapes: a place, a pair of things, a job, or a single coined word.
Are these the names of real board games?
No. Each title was written for this page and checked against Wikipedia articles and lists on board games and card games. Small and new games are not on those lists, so a game with the same title may exist.
What is a game mechanic?
Game mechanics are the rules that guide what players do and how the game responds. Worker placement, drafting and trick-taking are three, and a game can use more than one.
Can I use one of these names for my own game?
The titles were written for this page and are not registered to anyone by us. This page did not search trademarks, so it cannot say whether a title is free to use.
How this list was compiled: Made-up titles for a tabletop game, written for this page on 2026-10-02 in four shapes that game boxes use: a place, two things joined by and, a job, and one coined word. Each was checked by script that day against the titles of English Wikipedia articles on board games and card games, the text of its lists of board games, card games and card packs, every page title of English Wikipedia with and without The and with (board game), (card game) and (game) after it, and every list on this site, among them the real games on our board game page. 24 candidates were cut, among them Tidewrack, The Salt Road, Emberwick, Sparrow Hill, Windmill Row, The Lighthouse Keepers. Coined words were also checked against a dictionary and lists of names and places. Small and new games are not on those lists, and trademarks were not searched (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). Licence: own work
Kind of game: all 32 kinds of game
Board games 23
area control gamePlayers compete to dominate regions of a map by adding their own pieces.
auction gamePlayers bid against each other for the things they want.
bluffing gamePlayers try to make each other believe a claim.
cooperative gamePlayers work together toward a common goal and win or lose as one.
deduction gamePlayers form conclusions from clues.
Show all 32 kinds of game (27 more)
Board games, continued
dexterity gamePlayers flick, balance or throw pieces, so a steady hand matters most.
dice gameDice are the central part of the game.
engine-building gamePlayers build a system that turns what they start with into more.
hidden movement gameOne or more players move across the board unseen by the others.
legacy gameThe players' choices make permanent changes to the game and its parts.
memory gamePlayers memorize and recall sequences, places or items.
negotiation gamePlayers persuade each other to make deals and alliances.
push-your-luck gamePlayers take bigger and bigger risks for bigger rewards, and may lose them.
race gameEach player tries to be the one who finishes first.
resource management gamePlayers gain, use and manage a set of resources.
roll-and-move gamePlayers roll dice and move that many spaces along a track.
roll-and-write gamePlayers roll dice and write the result on their own score sheet.
social deduction gameOne or more players have a secret that the others must figure out.
storytelling gameThe players tell or make up the story as they play.
tile-laying gamePlayers lay flat tiles side by side so that the patterns on them join up.
trivia gameTests how well players recall facts.
word gamePlayers compete with vocabulary, spelling and quick thinking.
worker placement gamePlayers take actions by placing worker tokens on spaces of the board.
Card games 9
climbing card gameEach play must beat the card or cards just played, or the player passes.
deck-building card gameEach player starts with the same deck and changes it during play.
drafting card gameEach player picks one card from a set and leaves the rest for the next player.
draw-and-discard card gameOn a turn a player draws a card, may make a move, then discards a card.
fishing card gameCards from the hand capture matching cards laid out on the table.
matching card gamePlayers try to gather groups of matching cards before the others do.
set-collecting card gamePlayers collect sets of cards.
shedding card gameThe first player to discard every card in hand wins.
trick-taking card gameEach player plays one card face up to a trick, and the rules decide who wins it.
Eleven plain ways to say how many people play. None is for one player or for exactly two, because several kinds on this page need a group. Own list. Licence: own work